Baltic Arbitration Days Young Arbitrators Forum 2026

DIS40-Event

Organizer: ASABelow40, DIS40, ICC YAAF and YAAP

DIS40 – together with ASABelow40, ICC YAAF and YAAP – will continue to host the Baltic Arbitration Days (BAD) Young Arbitrators Forum this year. The event will take place on 13 June 2026 in Riga, Latvia. 

We cordially invite you to two panel discussions addressing hot topics in international arbitration, covering first arbitrator appointments as well as arbitration in geopolitically uncertain times. Join us for a morning of interesting discussions, where you can mingle with fellow professionals and forge valuable connections across borders and jurisdictions.

DIS40 thanks BLOMSTEIN for sponsoring the event.
 

Co-organised with ICC YAAF, ASABelow40 and YAAP

Baltic Arbitration Days Young Arbitrators Forum 2026

Date: 13 June 2026, 9.30 am - 1.30 pm (GMT/UTC - UTC+3)
Location: Hotel Bergs Glass Conference Hall, Elizabetes iela 83/85, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia
 

You find the programme below.

Please also note that all below-40 participants receive a 50% discount on their tickets for the Baltic Arbitration Days.

Registration

Participation in the Young Arbitrators Forum is free of charge but advance registration by 5 June 2026 is required

If you have any questions, please contact dis40(at)no_spamdisarb.org.


Programme

9.30 Welcome Coffee 

9.45 Session 1: First Arbitrator Appointments

  • Hjordis Birna Hjartardottir, Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
  • Anna Förstel-Cherng, Vienna International Arbitral Centre
  • Sergii Melnyk, KNOETZL, Vienna
  • Arno Riethmüller, Wach & Meckes, Munich
  • Nino Sievi, Nater Dallafior, Zurich 

11.00 Coffee Break 

11.30 Session 2: Arbitration in Geopolitically Uncertain Times

  • Mariia Artemenko, Independent Practitioner, Paris
  • Philip Exenberger, DORDA, Vienna
  • Toms Krūmiņš, COBALT, Riga
  • Michelle Lindholm, Lindholm Rosenkranz, Zurich
  • Philipp Martin, Baker McKenzie, Frankfurt
  • Tobias Vollmer, RAEDAS, London

12.45 Light Lunch
 

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